-Janet Daby wins Lewisham East, not a surprise as a Labour stronghold and no sense of an upset coming. The ex-deputy mayor of Lewisham, social worker and charity sector director got 50.2% of the vote on a 33.2% turnout but her majority is ccut from Heidi Alexander's 22,000 to 5,000 and share down 17%. Lib Dems did very well, a 19% swing from Labour to their candidate Lucy Salek who got 24.6% of vote. Daby has responded by reassuring she will vote against Hard Brexit and is willing to go against party whip on the issue.

-National Audit Office warns Universal Credit seems set to cost more to run then the previous benefit system but there is no alternative, due to major changes implemented, to continue, warns one in five are waiting too long to get benefits

-Government meaningful vote amendment is that if talks collapse, minister must make statement and vote will be about they have considered the statement. Greive says the compromise offered is unacceptable and likely to be revolt next week, Soubry says Remainers feel let down, Brexiteers deny they had any say in the late change while suspicion is aimed at David Davies.

-George Eustice floating banning import of foie gras after Brexit

-Government had agreed to Wera Hobhouse's private members bill: Upskirting to become a sexual offence. The problem is even with government support, one MP can wreck it. Step forward Christopher Chope who should object to block it. Not a good image for Tory party

-Sir Chope getting hammered by media and his own MP's, Boles going as far as saying Chope's knuckles drag across the ground, government more diplomatic about it being disappointing and promising to force this through. Government also annoyed with mental health bill being filibustered out by Philip Davies 148 minute speech but a few pointing out they have rejected chances to reform private member bill system to avoid such things

-Sir Grieve says government changing their minds on amendment feels like a slap in the face

-Brandon Lewis promises to stamp out Islamophobia from Tory party but his proposed measures have been dismissed as not enough by Muslim Council of Britain.

-Sinn Fein leader Mary Louise McDonald calls Brexit a "Tory-conceived vanity" and disaster being pursued with reckless abandon, hard border can not happen and max-fac being solution is Alice in Wonderland, will be Irish referendum in her life time

-NHS to get an extra 20 billion a year for it's birthday and May seems to be allowing it to be claimed as Brexit dividend. Though it will be funded by ways unknown and not as high as IFS and others wanted, Labour not being tasked with "what are you offering". May writes about it

-Mary Lou McDonald says Brexit can not proceed to next stage till Ireland issue is solved, wants intergovernmental conference formed to deal with Stormont issues

-Crispin Blunt says the cannabis oil scandal (it was a genuine medicine for a child, border force impounded it and Home Office refused until the seizures started and Javid had to release it) shows drug law needs reform, Dr Poulter says the situation is ridiculous and plenty of others like Baker, Caroline Lucas, Lamb and Flynn

-The "where is the money" backlash on NHS spending has started and the "no Brexit divided so don't claim it is funded through it". May demanding 10 year plan from NHS to explain how it will use extra funding but hints country has to contribute more (code for tax rises), Ashworth saying Labour can match NHS spending and go further, McDonnell says May is using magic money tree, Dr Woolostan says Brexit dividend is tosh and a populist argument with no evidence, IFS says there is no Brexit dividend, Boris welcomes down-payment of Brexit dividend.

-Hunt says Brexit dividend (which will exist as forecasts tend to be wrong) won't cover most of the bill and there will be tax rises with the funding to be set out in budget

-Row in cabinet over ban on medical cannabis with Javid known to argue hard against May, Hunt has publicly said ban can't be justified,, May has shot down idea of change so Javid's attempt to get round this is expert panel. Labour says they would back change with Andy MmDonnell, whose son suffered intractable epilepsy, making personal appeal

-Thornbery says she would be willing to meet the "asteroid of awfulness" Trump during his visit

-Buckland says meaningful vote amendment of Greive's is well intentioned but weakens hand in Brussels as would introduce third party in negotiations, May says she understands rebels concerned but can't have hands tied

-Labour have strong reason to shout magic money tree but the "Tories offering more on NHS then you guys are" is sticking

-Healey pledges a million new affordable home over ten years but prices won't come down in short term

-May did not look comfortable being asked about Chope's knighthood. Sir Chope saying he supports an upskirting ban, indeed May should have banned it long ago, but opposes private members bills being highjacked by government, feels he is being scapegoated as a dinosaur and being condemned without fair hearing. Chope's office door plastered with knickers

-Seems Hunt threatened to resign last weekend if not given NHS cash boost

-Gardiner gets meaning of word selfie and band confused

-Lord Halisham to lay Grieve amendment based on what Grieve thought had been promised

-Government formerly adopt upskirting bill and aim to get it through by summer recess

-Pound "clarifies" after doing video for people's vote but as shadow N.Ireland Secretary and not party policy, suddenly remembers he means meaningful vote for parliament

-MP's warning they will personally go abroad and gets the cannabis medicine for one kid and try to bring it over border

-Eyes on how Hammond will respond to needing to find NHS money, rumours he told other departments he has no money to give them and suspicions he may just ignore manifesto tax promises.

-Lord Sewell declares Westminster has not breached his convention as size and scale of Brexit does not come under normal circumstance while government is not trying a powergrab of Scottish powers, SNP just playing political games. SNP's Mike Russell argues Brexit makes it even more important that the convention is followed

-Barnier says UK needs to be more realistic about level of police and judicial cooperation after Brexit, won't be allowed access to EU-only or Schengen-only police databases after Brexit, not allowed to attend meetings of the Eurojust or Europol management boards, not part of European Arrest Warrant due to UK redlines but can look at streamlining the extradition process, UK will be bound by convention of human rights. 75% of withdrawal agreement is finalized

-Corbyn says "need to be in centre ground" is right but the centre moves and isn't always what establishment thinks it is

-Maria Miller urges BBC to give a chance for a woman in charge of Question Time

-Javid announces review of cannabis for medical purposes but promises it won't be become a recreational drug, has granted license for Deacon. Decision welcomed by MP's including by Hunt while Javid's sources are briefing May was more open to it then people think

-Police had to visit Soubry's offices due to death threats.

-Laing filibusterers before Grayling no confidence vote has disabled MP was stuck in lift so couldn't vote, Grayling survived by 20. Grayling has indicated he may look at stronger powers to intervene when passenger disruption

-Draft EU summit conclusion leaked, says there hasn't been major progress on Brexit and states should prepare for no deal

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-Lord Hague urges cannabis to be legalized, war on drugs has been lost and the law has become indefensible

PMQ's: Corbyn, after going through quite a list of prelim, goes on NHS funding, pointing out issues with Brexit dividend and growth being poor, that only tax rises can fund it so what tax rises will come. May says there will be a five year funding settlement but doesn't say how though she points out Corbyn himself has said he would use Brexit dividend for public services. Corbyn pleased she is reading his speeches and quotes himself which was more technical, quotes Tories manifesto about the danger of unplanned taxes so please explain what tax rises are coming. May says Hammond will set it out later, Labour's policy of deal at any price would ensure no money coming back. Corbyn focuses on Brexit divided by pointing out the figures do not add up then a poor joke about dodgy figures like a certain bus, May says she may read his speeches but his team need to actually read what she says and points out she didn't say what he thought about Brexit dividend and money will be explained by Hammond, if Corbyn is so concerned about people taxes then why did they oppose taking people out of tax?

Corbyn ignores that and quotes May email to Tory MP's about dividend but OFS warns there is no dividend for awhile and growth is doing poorly so where is money coming from (feels a bit of a repeat). May goes for balanced approach to economy, believes in low taxes, dealing with debt and investing in economy, Labour would bankrupt economy and Labour said 2% growth of NHS would make them envy of world but May has decided go further. Corbyn says Labour would have given 5% growth and IFS backs that Labour would have offered more, May unfunded promise and phantom tax then quotes someone unable to get wheelchair so needs more then simply standing still. May ignores the letter and quotes Simon Stevens welcome of the cash and where it will be used then points to Welsh Labour spend less which shows Labour say one thing then do another. Corbyn says health spending was up 5% and NHS spending means nothing for social care and other areas that impact NHS, points to current issues in NHS like waiting targets, deficits and lack of staff, May writing IOU's to simply stand still, why should anyone trust these IOU's? May sets out why Tories can be trusted with NHS, including keep giving extra during touch finical years and given a five year plan then a ten year plan to improve things. Labour's plans would bankrupt economy and IFS has pointed out Labour doesn't add up.

Not great, Corbyn had lost his knack of short and quick, some unforced errors, at least once repeated himself. Has a good basis for questions with lack of funding, maybe should have used phrase magic money tree, but didn't make it count. May clearly doesn't have answer to how this will be funded, had more effective counterpunches that somewhat disguised a lack of real answers and a good summary, long term she has to be worried that she is struggling on fiscal responsibility.

Blackford goes on Trump's child migration measures and wonders if there will be a red carpet for Trump. May takes shot at Blackford's walkout, agrees the images coming out of US is deeply disturbing but meeting will go ahead. Blackford calls it disappointing that she has not unreservedly condemned then goes on May's record like detaining children and only EU country to detain people indefinitely and asks for it to be stopped. May says what US is doing it is clearly wrong, May says she has ended routine detaining of families but it still needs to happen rarely and further reforms going to happen. Blackford avoiding his usual over the top style really helped him here though May answered well in second question.

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-Government defeat Grieve amendemt by 16.

Was expected Grieve would be defeated, a feeling he misplayed his hand and his "could bring down government" wasn't ill-intentioned as it sounded but politically a clanger. Corbyn was seen working hard to persuade Labour Brexiteers to vote against May and Sir Stramer promising it isn't about stopping Brexit, rumours Tory whips persuading Labour leavers they will go easy on them in election if they don't oppose them here, fury that the "on the nod" system is not being used for ill MP's. Government then offers a (seemingly weak) compromise that Grieve accepts, a sense Grieve was allowed to save face though other rebels refused to bow down and government kick confrontation further down the road

-Refusing the convention of "in house but sick, your vote is on the nod" is a disgrace. Naz Shash for example, in wheelchairs and sickbucket having been in hospital for a few days forced to stay for 3 hours and forced to the voting lobbies. This has angered MPP#s and media

-Number 10 confirm May has never taken weed. Ruth Davidson jokingly asked if she ever ran through a field of wheat on twitter and responded "I tried it once. In my mad twenties. But it did nothing for me, so I stopped. Now I warn others of the dangers."

-Welsh Assembly Presiding Officer Ellan Jones alarmed at the results of harassment survey among staff, 37 had reported and another 37 had been victim or witnessed something but not reported it out 128 replies, culture needs to change.

-Verhofstadt says Brexit is failure by EU and will hasten reform, may take entire transition phase to agree final deal, UK should be more flexible on red lines

-Hunt apologises for the victims of the Gosford NHS conspiracy/murders, both Ashworth and Hunt praise Lamb for forcing this issue, Hunt making clear he expects justice system to act

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-Lord Lexden jokes are cyclists who don't use bells in league with those seeking to bring down numbers of the Lords

-Freeman notes "It’s a shocker. Lacking coherence. Command of the game. Any sense of direction. Another night in Parliament watching the national team. A v quiet tearoom dreaming of a super sub. “We need some inspiration from somewhere”.’" In no way referring to current state of Tories

-Neil Hamilton fighting back to became Wales UKIP Assembly leader so will be vote, argues he is only one with the experience and ability to take on Carwyn Jones in chamber, the AM's need to work together as such egos and infighting have cost the party across UK (then calls for Mandy Jones to be expelled as disloyal)

-Greg Hands resigns as Trade Minister over Heathrow expansion which he opposes, apparently he was offered the Boris escape of having assignment outside country but he has chosen to refuse that. Naturally the "why doesn't Boris do the same" has started while May has lost a reliable, experienced hand.

-Dawn Butler has written to Lords authorities about Lord Sugar's tweet on Senegal team

-Dr Fox says nothing has changed after vote, no deal is still an option, Rees-Mogg says May goes into summit strengthened by winning vote

-Javid says EU needs to catch up on post-Brexit plans for expats

-Verhofstadt says Brexit could take two decades for EU approval without a precise blueprint in autumn, talks need to speed up, association deal might be a way forward

-Hammond says debt will be reduced but taxes will have to rise for NHS spending

-Khan to run for second term

-Labour against Heathrow expansion but will allow free vote due to strong views within party, Andy McDonald urges Tories to do likewise

-May does speech at Policy Exchange think tank, quips "‘Those of you here this evening who are regulars of the summer party circuit will have realised by now that this is something of a collector’s event: it is a centre right think tank reception of which Michael Gove is not the guest speaker.’

-Rees-Mogg hints his group could vote against a withdrawal deal that doesn't have firm commitments to trade deal, parts of Brexit can be written in future

-Convey says no Brexit deal if Irish border isn't solved, Vardaker says urgent need to intensify talks as time is really running out, backstop can not be time limited

-Juncker says May is trustworthy negotiating partner

-Rumours May told Williamson he needs to rethink our role as a tier one military nation and concentrate on cyberwarfare. May denies this but refuses to say we should be a tier one military power

-Government Debt and deficit down, deficit narrowest (only 1.9% of GDP now) since the crash and better then expected, this should give Hammond more wiggleroom. Interest rates held as expected, though at 66-3 vote tighter then expected, though this not where BoE wanted to be

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-Grieve fears a loss of collective sanity and bullying culture but "Grand Old Duke of York" being tagged to him and his group, Hilary Benn impressive in Brexit debate

-Former Treasury head Nick MacPhearson "Axiom of the last 30 years. Europhile Tories always compromise to preserve party unity, Their opponents don't."

-Corbynites may not wish in future to represent, as on DP, to use Aaron Bastani for insinuations and slander against a woman over her loyalty and probity for opposing Brexit policy. Indeed they should disown him. Pity as he showed self deprecation and humour after he was busy being nasty. This is not an example of "gentler kinder politics" or maybe it is and my version of kinder gentler politics just differs from Corbyn

-Reeves has arranged for beer named after Alice Bacon, first Yorkshire female MP

-US ambassador Woody Johnson says we need to stop being pessimistic about Brexit, says it isn't a major challenge and he doesn't get the nerves we have. Independent says Trump to get full state visit straight after Brexit

-Airbus say they may pull out of Brexit no deal as they fear they could lose EU safety certificates. Seen as a big moment as big business have been careful since referendum to keep concerns private

-Hammond say Treasury is not enemy of Brexit but seeking to protect decades old patterns of trade

-Eyes turning to August interest rate rise, while Bank of England warns if China economy goes wrong, we will be hit hard as Hong Kong means we are more exposed then generally thought

-Javid says EU citizens will have three questions to answer and a £65 fee with assumption of being let in

-House of Commons has spent £2.4m on "gagging clauses" for former staff since 2013

-May appoints PPS George Hollingberry to trade, has business background but not sure about trade, a sense this is about rewarding a loyalist.

-Justice Committee says probationary oversight is a mess and not sure it can be fixed

-Leadsom is sorry for the horrible treatment of Naz Shah but blames Labour

-Greg Clark says services need to be included in Brexit deal and UK have frictionless travel, professional qualifications of UK workers to be recognized in EU, UK firms must be able to send any profits generated by services delivered in the EU back to the UK.

-Environment committee looking at fashion industry

-Treasury summoned 20 MP's to give a one minute pitch for tax rises to help fund NHS